Wynona

Where Wynona comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Wynona.

  • Vowel-ended
Wynona through the years
  1. 1899
    First appearance
    #1,394 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1915
    Wynona Mulcaster born
    Canadian painter and teacher
  3. 1924
    Wynona Carr born
    American musician
  4. 1930
    Peak, #699
    97 babies named Wynona, the most in any year.
  5. 1945
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,187.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name, variant of Winona.
Namesakes
  • Wynona Mulcaster · Canadian painter and teacher, 1915–2016
  • Wynona Carr · American musician, 1924–1976

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.